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1000 Francs
| Issuer | Bank of Algeria - French Administration |
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| Year | 1945-1949 |
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| Printer | Banque de France, France |
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| Obverse lettering | Banque de l'Algérie Mille Francs الف فرنك (Translation: Bank of Algeria / One Thousand Francs / One Thousand Francs) |
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| Reverse lettering | Banque de l'Algérie (Translation: Bank of Algeria) |
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The Banque de l'Algérie operated under direct French financial supervision throughout this period, and its higher denominations were printed in Paris — the same workshops and engravers the Banque de France itself used for domestic issues. Boulet and Régnier were both established Banque de France engravers, which explains the plate quality; this is not a colonial note produced cheaply at a secondary facility.
The 1945 start date is telling. Postwar Algeria was already under considerable monetary strain, and the 1,000-franc denomination circulated in an economy experiencing sharp inflation and deep inequality between the European settler population and the Muslim majority.